priming horns again

[ridjrunr]

Just finished these two priming horns this evening. First time I ever tried flat horn work. It was definately a learning experiance. The flat horn is sealed with beeswax and pinned with 6 mesquite thorns, plugged with black walnut.
The blondish one is also plugged with black walnut,sealed with beeswax and pinned with toothpicks. The front 1.5" is also panneled, 8 sided, but is hard to see in the photo.

[Bison Horn]

Looking good! BH

[Roaddog]

Very nice.

[Bigsmoke]

Looking pretty good.
You are using the right size horns for them, not looking like sails.
Keep it up.
John

[HORNER75]

Your first flattened horns look good!...Like Bigsmoke said, "they don't look like sails!" ____  Almost any horn end can be flattened, but only the right size horn will make a quality FLAT HORN!  

Rick

[ridjrunr]

Thank you for the comments.
By sail, do you mean not much or no curvature and too  big?

[HORNER75]

Basically, if you use a horn that is to large at the base or butt plug area on the spout, when you flatten it, it flattens so much, that it looks more wide than long, similar to a pyramid or sail on a sail boat. That's the reason a good designed flattened horn should be longer in length than wide at the base!  Small diameter cow horns seem to look best and make nicer flat horns. ___ But that's, JMHO!

Your horns are proportioned good!

Rick

[ridjrunr]

Thanx Rick. I appreciate the positive comments. natures eye must pick up on that porportion thing? I've got a bigger horn on the bench at the present and "it just aint right" IMO. Just dont know what it is.

[HORNER75]

I think all of us who make horns have had that "brain block" on a certain horn, as to what it wants to be! __ I know I have, and still do!

I just leave it alone for awhile and work on something else and eventually something will turn that light bulb on and you will have THAT IDEA, for that "set-aside" horn project!

Rick